From: "roger" <cephalus-AT-uswest.net>
Subject: Re: Re:Person's Unknowna & Jolly Roger
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:29:43 -0800




>
>Incidentally, "Jolly Roger" was not especially the name of an old >pirate.
"Old Roger" was an old name for the Devil and probably that was >one reason
the skull and cross-bone flag was given his name
>

i like this a helluva lot better than what the brits mean when they talk
about "rogering" let me tellya!  you better damn well be jolly indeed!

roger